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CTVV covers primary with Joe Markley

Joe Markley is a Connecticut politician who represented the 16th State Senate District from 2011 to 2019 and was the Republican Nominee for Lieutenant Governor on the general election ticket with gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski in 2018.

WDRC Listeners’ Luncheon

Susan Regan presented monogrammed golf shirts to Gary Byron, host of Talk of CT Gary Byron Show and Ryan Roberts, the show’s producer, at the Listeners’ Luncheon held at the Manhattan Restaurant in Southington on July 8.

Ash tree removal at Holcomb Farm

Three days in mid-August saw a big change to the landscape at Holcomb Farm. Thanks to the public-spirited generosity of Eversource, a long line of dead white ash trees growing in a hedgerow between the southeast and southwest fields was cut, chipped and trucked away to be used by the Friends of Holcomb Farm’s CSA.

Nancy Butler: Lyric Hill Farm’s many talented artisan

Anyone who knows Granby resident Nancy Butler as a multi-talented artisan and goat whisperer would probably be amazed to know that, although having an artistic bent from childhood, her college degree was in geology with a minor in civil and environmental engineering and that her first career was as a paralegal!

Focus groups on substance abuse being held at YMCA

A Promise to Jordan, a nonprofit organization, will be conducting focus groups to gather information to determine the need for programs and services to support residents of Granby who may be living with a substance use disorder, either currently or in recovery, and to combat and prevent substance use disorders.

Granby farms preparing for Open Farm Day

Harvest season is here and so is Granby’s most celebrated event of the year—Open Farm Day! Over a dozen working farms and treasured agricultural gems will offer a special, close-up look at the goods and operations on Open Farm Day, Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

CTVV covers primary with Joe Markley

Joe Markley is a Connecticut politician who represented the 16th State Senate District from 2011 to 2019 and was the Republican Nominee for Lieutenant Governor on the general election ticket with gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski in 2018.

WDRC Listeners’ Luncheon

Susan Regan presented monogrammed golf shirts to Gary Byron, host of Talk of CT Gary Byron Show and Ryan Roberts, the show’s producer, at the Listeners’ Luncheon held at the Manhattan Restaurant in Southington on July 8.

Ash tree removal at Holcomb Farm

Three days in mid-August saw a big change to the landscape at Holcomb Farm. Thanks to the public-spirited generosity of Eversource, a long line of dead white ash trees growing in a hedgerow between the southeast and southwest fields was cut, chipped and trucked away to be used by the Friends of Holcomb Farm’s CSA.

Nancy Butler: Lyric Hill Farm’s many talented artisan

Anyone who knows Granby resident Nancy Butler as a multi-talented artisan and goat whisperer would probably be amazed to know that, although having an artistic bent from childhood, her college degree was in geology with a minor in civil and environmental engineering and that her first career was as a paralegal!

Focus groups on substance abuse being held at YMCA

A Promise to Jordan, a nonprofit organization, will be conducting focus groups to gather information to determine the need for programs and services to support residents of Granby who may be living with a substance use disorder, either currently or in recovery, and to combat and prevent substance use disorders.

Granby farms preparing for Open Farm Day

Harvest season is here and so is Granby’s most celebrated event of the year—Open Farm Day! Over a dozen working farms and treasured agricultural gems will offer a special, close-up look at the goods and operations on Open Farm Day, Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

John O’Brien’s different take on Open Farm Day

The traditional purpose of the Granby Agricultural Commission’s Open Farm Day is to showcase the variety of farms that are found in our town, highlight their products and/or services and perhaps garner some income from sales. While one might be tempted to think that John O’Brien would approach the day with a thought to selling lots of hosta, that is not the case at all.